SQLSRV PHP Drivers that work for Laravel Homestead

sqlsrv-php.sh

# Best if added to `after.sh` so that this gets run every time the box is provisioned
# Adjust versions as needed; most of this script is forcing php7.2

# composer won't be able to download updates with an active proxy, and will hang trying to get the newest file
# You may want to comment this out based on your network configuration
sudo bash -c 'echo "export NO_PROXY=*" >> ~/.profile'

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php -y
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install php7.2-dev php7.2-xml mcrypt php-pear php-mbstring unixodbc unixodbc-dev -y --allow-unauthenticated

# Set up some pecl information so that it's forced to use php 7.2 instead of defaulting to newest
# This is also done with the "-d php_suffix=7.2" on the pecl commands below
# Use the below three commands to change it for the whole pecl environment
#sudo pecl config-set php_ini /etc/php/7.2/cli/php.ini
#sudo pecl config-set php_bin /usr/bin/php7.2
#sudo pear config-set php_suffix 7.2

sudo pecl -d php_suffix=7.2 install sqlsrv-5.3.0
sudo pecl -d php_suffix=7.2 install pdo_sqlsrv-5.3.0

sudo bash -c 'echo "extension=sqlsrv.so" > /etc/php/7.2/mods-available/sqlsrv.ini'
sudo bash -c 'echo "extension=pdo_sqlsrv.so" > /etc/php/7.2/mods-available/pdo_sqlsrv.ini'

# Link new ini to fpm
sudo bash -c 'ln -s /etc/php/7.2/mods-available/sqlsrv.ini /etc/php/7.2/fpm/conf.d/20-sqlsrv.ini'
sudo bash -c 'ln -s /etc/php/7.2/mods-available/pdo_sqlsrv.ini /etc/php/7.2/fpm/conf.d/30-pdo_sqlsrv.ini'
# Link new ini to cli
sudo bash -c 'ln -s /etc/php/7.2/mods-available/sqlsrv.ini /etc/php/7.2/cli/conf.d/20-sqlsrv.ini'
sudo bash -c 'ln -s /etc/php/7.2/mods-available/pdo_sqlsrv.ini /etc/php/7.2/cli/conf.d/30-pdo_sqlsrv.ini'
sudo service php7.2-fpm restart

sudo bash -c 'curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | apt-key add -'


### CHOOSE ONE FROM BELOW BASED ON VERSION

#Ubuntu 14.04
#sudo bash -c 'curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/14.04/prod.list > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-release.list'

#Ubuntu 16.04
#sudo bash -c 'curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/16.04/prod.list > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-release.list'

#Ubuntu 17.10
#sudo bash -c 'curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/17.10/prod.list > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-release.list'

#Ubuntu 18.04
#sudo bash -c 'curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/18.04/prod.list > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-release.list'

#Ubuntu 20.04
#sudo bash -c 'curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/20.04/prod.list > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/msprod.list'

#Ubuntu 22.04
sudo bash -c 'curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/22.04/prod.list > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/msprod.list'

sudo apt-get update
sudo ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt-get install msodbcsql17

# Change the default php cli command to point to 7.2 instead of newest
sudo update-alternatives --set php /usr/bin/php7.2

# Install Imagick (in case you need it)
#sudo apt-get install -y imagemagick php7.2-imagick
# Enable PDF for Imagick -- disabled due to security concerns
#sudo sed -i 's/rights="none" pattern="PDF"/rights="read|write" pattern="PDF"/g' /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml
#sudo sed -i 's/rights="none" pattern="PDF"/rights="read|write" pattern="PDF"/g' /etc/ImageMagick/policy.xml

sudo service php7.2-fpm restart

exit

The latest ver of sqlsrv & pdo_sqlsrv 5.6.1 for today

Worked like a charm! Thank you so much! This saved me a TON of time!